Agricultural Advisory Committee

The Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) was created in 1985 to advise the Commission on issues involving the trading of agricultural commodity futures and options and facilitate communications between the CFTC, the agricultural community, and agriculture-related organizations.

Chairman Rostin Behnam sponsors the AAC. Swati Shah serves as the Designated Federal Officer for the committee.

Committee Charter (PDF)

Meetings

Date Meeting Details

Meeting to discuss the Commission’s Regulatory Reinvention Proposal and how the proposal will affect each of the exchange’s agricultural markets. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss Commission’s approval of final rules that permit futures exchanges to list new contracts for trading and subsequently to amend those contracts pursuant to exchange certification without prior Commission approval. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss risk management strategies and the agricultural trade options pilot program. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss Commission’s agricultural trade options pilot program and pending rulemaking proposals including speculative position limits. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss risk managements strategies and status of the Commission’s review of whether to lift the ban on the offer and sale of agricultural trade options. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss a staff white paper, entitled “Policy Alternatives Relating to Agricultural Trade Options and Other Risk-Shifting Contracts”, as well as Senate and House Agriculture Committees comments on proposed amendments to the CEA, and a report on USDA’s risk management education program. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss the need for and the importance of risk management education programs for U.S. agricultural producers. Full details, including agenda, here.